RestlessMonkey

OMG now THAT is sick.

Oh plain. if you promise to dress up like Tim Curry, well....Wasa and Beth can have HH. Oddly entertaining, no...just reading the "responses".

Like you need a reason

I always thought of it as more of a RINK RINK RINK sound but let's not quibble.

No dear, MJ didn't die. He's just in a hyperbaric chamber in heaven.

Uh, yeah. That's right. You're the sane one. Uh huh. Just let me back out of this room and you can keep the pretty scissors........

tough love in action. :biggrin: Beth is just misunderstood. And HH is gonna be in some flung poo.

Ok EVERYBODY LAY OFF THE POSSUM. Notice I said "Lay OFF". Not "LAY" Poor "o" possum anyway. He's Beth's 5th cousin and doesn't deserve such treatment.

Carrie C...whatever the voices tell you, DO THE OPPOSITE. Beth...NEVER let sewing come between you and the board EVER again. TPG...do what you want. You will anyway.

When you help so much that they ban you, stay in touch, ok? LOL You do have a gentle way about you. Now as to HH...he cheats on us with Wasabubblebutt, too.

I think 2 days ago she was going to remove her band with her nail clippers if she had to. Then she ate something thin her brother cooked up. ? Drama is best done by young teen women. I guess.

Oh Beth, i told him the SAME thing when i was tightening that chastity belt (read cage for the johson) on him the other evening, just before I got out the coffee and the camera. He is apparently very disobedient.

Yeah, the "erm" johnson thread is what I was thinking (hoping). I will say with 1000000% honesty that I have NEVER had a naked photo of myself make me feel better. About anything.

You know, THEY. THE THEY. The they that "just because you think THEY are out to get you doesn't mean THEY aren't" THEY.

LOL And well you know they say there's a thin (thin oh snorkle again) line between love and hate. And...where there's smoke there's fire. And they say other things too. They say stuff. At any rate....anger=passion...? I'd hate to lose HH though. :biggrin: She can't abuse him like we can.

No. You'll just post it on the "Food and Nutrition" page. And yes, Beth, perceptive as ever. It involves possum, HH, Plain, Tim Curry, a couple of saddles, and some latex.

I just whipped up (oh snorkle) a possum quiche. It's good for ANY phase of the lab band.

I was told calcium citrate, too...but not all docs think it's that important, actually.

I think I'm the "other poster" who said perceptions may be off. I wouldn't push any surgery on any human. I weighed 405 when I got the band so I think I qualify as "heavier" and I didn't want bypass. I didn't mean to make you defensive, either, but just to point out that if you have trouble losing, the malabsorption helps. I can lose easily but I can't keep it off, and then I regain what I lost plus another 20 or so (or rather I did until I got the band). You will of course do what you feel is best for you and that's as it should be; I don't know you from Adam and wouldn't tell you what to do anyway. But I think it would be prudent to ask someone who knows (ie your banding surgeon) if bypass might be more help to you, so you can make an informed decision. I've never thought knowledge was a bad thing, but you may not feel that way.

Have you really REALLY researched bypass? I only ask because of the "malabsorption" aspect. If I really couldn't lose on 1300 cal a day diet, I'd have had to really rethink bypass. i love my band but the point is weight loss. You won't get restriction for a while, and even that can be bypassed if you don't watch it. A truly slow metabolism would probably have better, longer lasting results with bypass. Have you discussed with your surgeon?

It is "referred" pain where your diaphragm, agitated during surgery, presses on the phrenic nerve. It is very rare for it to last for longer than a few weeks. Mine happened when I did something that increased my breathing (like walking in the early days LOL) What helps people varies. Some lie on their sides and stretch their left arm out. Some use a heating pad. Some just take tylenol. What helped ME was having my husband rub my neck, because the nerve caused my neck muscle to cramp. When that relaxed the pain went away.

Yes, call your surgeon.

I just took tylenol, although mine gave me darvocet capsules.

Actually if they didn't tell you a specific number, probably 60-70 g of Protein a day is plenty. (your body can't use much more than 20-25g at a pop, anyway) Mixing whey protein with skimmed milk is probably your cheapest way to go. The ones I do are the ones recommended by my surgeon and locally they are $5 for 4 so that would price out out of using them as an option.

I was a nursing student and starting my senior year at age 53 and 405 pounds when I had the band (boy I needed it!) I had my surgery on Friday, back to classes the next Tuesday, and by the NEXT tues (a week and 1/2 post op) was doing my clinical rotations which are physically and mentally demanding. There is no "understanding about missing classes". Especially the clinicals. You miss too many, you are out, even if you are the best student in the class. I recovered quickly and easily. Not everyone does though and honestly younger people seem to have more issues (maybe your pain receptors are younger and work better LOL!) Depending on what classes you're taking, you may need to wait until a break.